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Consciousness and Psilocybin Effects on Well-Being: The CoPEWell Study
ClinicalTrials.gov · 2026-07-01
Meskalin / Mescaline
Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research) · 2026-06-30
DMT und Ayahuasca / DMT and Ayahuasca
Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research) · 2026-06-30
DMT und Ayahuasca / DMT and Ayahuasca
Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research) · 2026-06-30
Neuroestimulantes naturales: de rituales ancestrales a terapias de vanguardia
Revista CienciaUANL · 2026-06-30
Meskalin / Mescaline
Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research) · 2026-06-30
Usos recreativos, medicinales y etnobotánicos de hongos alucinógenos: una revisión
Multidisciplinary Collaborative Journal · 2026-06-30
Past-Year Psilocybin and Alcohol Co-Use: Associations With Mental Health Symptoms
Journal of Drug Issues · 2026-06-30
Efficacy in Relapse Prevention: Psilocybin in Alcohol Use Disorder With Depressive Symptoms
ClinicalTrials.gov · 2026-06-30
Psilocybin shows mixed results for patients with treatment-resistant depression
The Brown University Psychopharmacology Update · 2026-06-30
Single-dose psilocybin with CBT more effective than nicotine patch for smoking cessation
The Brown University Psychopharmacology Update · 2026-06-30
Revealing shortcomings in the assessment of psilocybin effects on OCD-related symptoms in preclinical and clinical studies: A systematic review
Journal of Affective Disorders Reports · 2026-06-30
Implementing psilocybin-assisted therapy in palliative care settings: A survey of stakeholders.
Palliative medicine · 2026-06-30
Safety and Efficacy of Microdosing Psilocybin over 8 Weeks for Major Depressive Disorder: A Randomized Clinical Trial
Abstract IMPORTANCE Microdosing psilocybin may be a novel treatment for major depressive disorder (MDD). OBJECTIVE Assessing the antidepressant effects and safety of repeated low doses of psilocybin in participants diagnosed with MDD. DESIGN This was a Phase II, randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled clinical trial. SETTING The trial was conducted from...
Psychedelic medicine: mechanisms, evidence, and translation to practice.
Over the past 15 years, psychedelic treatments have garnered substantial clinical interest, with psilocybin and 3,4-methylenedioxymethamphetamine (MDMA) advancing to phase 3 trials for various psychiatric conditions. This state-of-the-art review examines the evidence for these treatments and their proposed mechanisms of action, and identifies key challenges ...
Trends in first-time psychedelic and other hallucinogen use in the United States: Results from the National Survey on Drug Use and Health.
Background and aimsPsychedelic drug use is increasing due in part to local legislative reforms. Understanding the patterns of first-time psychedelic drug use is imperative for informing consumers, healthcare providers, and policy makers.Design setting and participantsThe National Survey on Drug Use and Health (NSDUH) is a repeated cross-sectional nationally ...
Regulatory ambiguity and governance challenges for psilocybin mushrooms in Brazil.
The legal status of psilocybin mushrooms in Brazil remains ambiguous, despite increasing global scientific and public interest in their therapeutic and ceremonial use. This commentary examines the regulatory uncertainty surrounding psilocybin mushrooms in Brazil and situates the debate within broader legal, drug policy, public health, and Indigenous rights d...
Sex-dependent developmental changes in behavior, brain structure, functional connectivity, and sensory perception following exposure to psilocybin during adolescence.
Psilocybin is a hallucinogen with complex neurobiological and behavioral effects. Underlying these effects are changes in brain neuroplasticity. We hypothesized psilocybin given during adolescence, a time of heightened neuroplasticity, particularly in the forebrain, would affect emotional behavior and the associated underlying neuroanatomy, neurocircuitry, a...
Sense-Making Around Psilocybin in UK Women Experiencing Cancer-Related Existential Distress: An Interpretative Phenomenological Analysis.
People with cancer often experience anxiety and depression following a diagnosis and can face barriers to accessing treatment for their mental health. An increasing number of patients are considering alternative approaches to managing their mental health symptoms, such as the psychedelic, psilocybin. A growing number of clinical trials show significant and e...
Rebuttal to "Questioning the recovery of dissociated traumatic memories under psilocybin".
In our original case report we provide detailed accounts of two research participants who reported the emergence of spontaneously recovered, previously forgotten traumatic memories of sexual assaults during psilocybin treatment. In their commentary of this article, Kangaslampi et al. argue that we preemptively label the experiences as dissociated traumatic m...
Microdosing psilocybin for major depressive disorder: study protocol for a phase II double-blind placebo-controlled randomised partial crossover trial.
BackgroundMajor depressive disorder (MDD) is the leading cause of disability worldwide, affecting roughly 322 million people. Recently, doses of psilocybin have shown promise in treating mood disorders, sparking interest in other dosing practices. According to anecdotal reports and observational studies, microdosing psilocybin yields benefits to mental healt...
Management of obsessive-compulsive disorder in adults.
Obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) is a chronic, often debilitating psychiatric condition characterized by intrusive thoughts and behavioral or mental rituals. Although exposure and response prevention (ERP) remains the first line treatment, many individuals do not experience full remission, highlighting the need for innovation. This review provides a compr...
Effects of LSD, DMT and psilocybin on cognitive and psychological functions: A systematic review of the literature.
We carried out a systematic review of modern-era (1990-2025) placebo-controlled studies assessing the acute and post-acute effects of lysergic acid diethylamide, dimethyltryptamine and psilocybin on cognitive and psychological functions. From February 28 to March 19, 2025, PubMed and APA PsychINFO were systematically searched for placebo-controlled studies e...
Hallucinogenic Therapy in Alzheimer's Disease targeting Mitochondria-Associated Membranes.
Mitochondrial dysfunction is increasingly recognized as a central driver of Alzheimer's disease (AD), contributing to neuroinflammation, synaptic failure, and energy collapse.Emerging preclinical evidence suggests that classic hallucinogens, such as psilocybin, lysergic acid diethylamide (LSD), N,N-dimethyltryptamine (DMT), mescaline, may restore mitochondri...
Psilocybin-assisted cognitive behavioral therapy for major depressive disorder: A pilot trial.
BackgroundPsilocybin-assisted therapy has emerged as a promising treatment for major depressive disorder, but little attention has been paid to the psychotherapy that adjoins psilocybin. Providing an adjunctive psychotherapy that is manualized and evidence-based may make psilocybin treatment more acceptable, effective, and disseminable. We examined the accep...
Hope for Neurotic Disorders: A Summary of New Zealand Research on the Development of Biomarkers and Novel Treatments.
The neurotic disorders (e.g., depression, dysthymia, generalized anxiety disorder, panic disorder, agoraphobia, social anxiety, post-traumatic stress disorder, and obsessive-compulsive disorder) are costly and difficult to treat. Diagnosis is based on symptoms not biological causes. Here, we summarize New Zealand-based work developing EEG biomarkers and nove...
Electrophysiological effects of psilocybin co-administered with midazolam.
The serotonergic psychedelic psilocybin induces neural plasticity and profoundly alters consciousness. The benzodiazepine midazolam blunts neural plasticity and induces conscious sedation and amnesia at low doses. In our recent open label pilot study, we administered oral psilocybin (25 mg) along with intravenous midazolam at doses allowing a full psychedeli...
Network pharmacology and molecular simulation reveal the entourage effect mechanisms of psilocybin-producing mushrooms on the brain.
The therapeutic potential of psilocybin in treating psychiatric disorders has gained attention recently. While most research has focused on isolated psilocybin, evidence suggests that whole mushroom extracts exhibit greater efficacy, implicating a possible entourage effect of additional bioactive compounds. This study aimed to elucidate the holistic neuropha...
Ischemia-Induced Neurodegeneration in Glaucoma: Mechanistic Insights and Translational Opportunities for Psychoplastogen-Based Therapies.
Glaucoma is increasingly recognized as an ischemic neurodegenerative disorder that extends beyond elevated intraocular pressure (IOP) to involve complex vascular, metabolic, and inflammatory mechanisms. Retinal ganglion cells are particularly vulnerable to ischemia-reperfusion injury, oxidative stress, and chronic neuroinflammation, leading to progressive di...
Trip sitting or just sitting? Session facilitators substantially influence psychedelic experiences in clinical trials but not in healthy ones.
Psychedelics' characteristic acute subjective effects predict therapeutic benefits, such as decreases in depression and anxiety. Thus, optimizing treatment involves better understanding which factors shape subjective effects. Session facilitators, who support participants before, during, and after psychedelic administration sessions, form an important part o...
Time-Dependent Effects of Rapid-Acting Antidepressants in iPSC-Derived Neurons from Treatment-Resistant Depression and Healthy Volunteers
Abstract Rapid-acting antidepressants like ketamine and serotonergic psychedelics show promise for treatment-resistant depression (TRD), but the molecular mechanisms that contribute to their therapeutic effects remain unclear. Induced pluripotent stem cells (iPSCs) offer a platform to model human cortical neurons and investigate drug effects in a human-relev...
Therapeutic effects of psilocybin in major depressive disorder: a systematic review and meta-analysis exploring dose effects.
BACKGROUND: Several recent trials indicate positive effects of psilocybin in patients with major depressive disorder. However, questions need to be addressed regarding the relationship between dosage and therapeutic outcomes, such as the recommended dose range and frequency for optimal practice as well as the dose-dependent adverse effects. OBJECTIVE: (1) to...
Examining the effects of psilocybin-assisted psychotherapy on anhedonia in treatment-resistant depression.
Anhedonia, a core symptom of depression, is often resistant to conventional treatments and significantly impacts quality of life. This secondary analysis aimed to evaluate the effects of psilocybin-assisted psychotherapy (PAP) on anhedonia severity in individuals with treatment-resistant depression (TRD). Participants (n = 30) with TRD and a primary diagnosi...